Hamilton City Council has declined a proposal by a group of Te Arawa iwi to build a multimillion-dollar hotel in the city's arts area; An operation is underway to repatriate up to twenty tattooed Maori heads from several museums in France; New figures show 90 people have drowned so far this year - rising above last year's total of 87; The Department of Corrections is in the running to win a Maori Language Award.